PLAYING CAREER
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS    1981 – 1991

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-CANADIAN DEFENSIVE END   1985, 1986, 1988, 1989
ALL-EASTERN DEFENSIVE END   1981, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
GREY CUP OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAYER  1986
JAMES P. MCCAFFREY TROPHY   1988
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAYER 1988
GORD BARWELL AWARD    1988

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION    1984, 1985, 1986, 1989
GREY CUP WINNING TEAM    1986

GROVER COVINGTON’S CFL CAREER BEGAN IN 1981 WHEN A PRE-SEASON TRADE WITH THE MONTREAL ALOUETTES BROUGHT HIM TO HAMILTON WHERE HE PLAYED FROM 1981 TO 1991.

THROUGH OUT HIS ELEVEN YEAR CAREER, GROVER COVINGTON ALWAYS GAVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AT EVERY CAHNCE HE COULD.  IN 1985, COVINGTON WAS THE FIRST WINNER OF THE CHARLOTTE SIMMONS HUMANITARIAN AWARD (TIGER-CAT WHO CONTRIBUTED THE MOST TO THE COMMUNITY).  COVINGTON DEVOTED HIS LIFE IN HAMILTON TO FOOTBALL AND THE COMMUNITY.

AMONG GROVER COVINGTON’S MANY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AS DEFENSIVE END WAS BEING NAMED THE CFL SACK LEADER IN 1988 WITH 25.  AT THE TIME OF HIS RETIREMENT HE WAS THE CFL’S ALL-TIME QUARTERBACK SACK LEADER WITH 157 SACKS TO HIS CREDIT.

INDUCTED 2000 - PLAYER

Class of 2000 Danny Bass, Hugh Campbell, James Murphy, Dave Raimey